Catholic Church faces 140 child abuse claims
Pastor Dale Morgan
Catholic Church faces 140 child abuse claims*
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent
(Filed: 03/08/2006)
UK - The Roman Catholic Church faced fresh embarrassment over child
abuse allegations yesterday after one of the country's largest class
actions was launched against a former Catholic children's home.
Up to 140 men are suing the authorities responsible for the St William's
Community Home in Market Weighton, East Yorks, where they claim a brutal
regime of sexual and physical abuse was allowed to run unchecked for 30
years.
The action could result in damages running into millions of pounds, a
potentially severe blow to the Church, which has recently had to make a
number of large payouts to victims.
Last year, a man who was psychologically damaged by a decade of abuse by
a priest in Coventry was awarded Ł1 million in the High Court.